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Ask the Administrator: When Tuesday Becomes Monday...
An occasional correspondent writes: I realize it takes some gymnastics to make the number of class meetings equal out what...
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My Learning Mistakes
I'm in the learning business, which makes my tendency to slip into "schoolyard folk wisdom, or empty theorizing" about learning...
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Math Geek Mom: Existence Theorems
As I work proofs with my Calculus and Higher Geometries students, I often run across the Greek symbol that, in...
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TED gets Linked
One of the most significant annual conferences each year (actually two -- one in the USA and one across the...
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Long Distance Mom: Jane Addams
September 6th was the 150th birthday of writer, philosopher and political activist Jane Addams --the first woman to receive the...
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Setting Quality Standards in Higher Ed
Efforts to define and measure learning and other indicators of colleges' success will fall short if they occur outside the academy and ignore the faculty, A. Lee Fritschler argues.
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iPads in action
The iPad is being given to students at campuses all over the United States. Framed as "magical and revolutionary," the...
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Ask the Administrator: How to Play the Reorg?
A new correspondent writes: I'm a librarian at a community college. The Library and Tutoring Center together make up the...